 Minimum wage going up, little help as costs soar |
| About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers.
Employee Huong...... (7/24/2008 6:27:52 PM) |
| Does Ballmer have a plan B for Microsoft? |
| Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer(left) says he plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to fix the company's unprofitable Internet business. His investors say they want proof he knows what to do with the money. After...... (7/24/2008 6:27:50 PM) |
| World's first IVF baby marks 30th birthday |
| The birth of Louise Brown, the world's first IVF baby, hit headlines around the globe three decades ago-- but the married mother-of-one wants to keep her 30th birthday Friday low-key by contrast.
This undated file photo shows the world's first IVF...... (7/24/2008 6:27:47 PM) |
| Hurricane Dolly weakens, fears turn to flooding |
| Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that flooded some low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley.From left, Los Fresnos city...... (7/24/2008 6:27:44 PM) |
| Collectors buy Z$100b notes on eBay |
| Amid Zimbabwe's mind-boggling hyper inflation, a new 100 billion dollar bank note has more value as a novelty item on eBay than on the streets of the capital.
The note, launched this week, is worth enough to buy a loaf of bread - if you can find...... (7/24/2008 6:27:42 PM) |
| Brazil sees boom in wealthy investors |
| Traders negotiate at the Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange in Sao Paulo in this December 28, 2007 file photo.
When Fabio Calderaro was a 23-year-old cadet at Brazil's military academy in 2000, he invested a couple of thousand dollars in the...... (7/24/2008 6:27:39 PM) |
| Zimbabwe crisis talks to begin |
| Talks were to begin in earnest on resolving Zimbabwe's political crisis Thursday after President Robert Mugabe gave his top lieutenants the final go-ahead to negotiate power-sharing with the opposition. Sources in the opposition Movement for...... (7/24/2008 6:27:35 PM) |
| Obama to demand more from Europe in Berlin speech |
| US presidential candidate Barack Obama is expected to call on Europe to do more in hotspots like Afghanistan when he speaks in Berlin on Thursday in his only formal address of a week-long foreign tour.US Democratic presidential candidate Senator...... (7/24/2008 4:27:23 PM) |
